Women of Worth. A Book for Girls
by Illustrated By W. Dickes
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: W. A. Townsend & Company, 1860. Title page dated 1860. Collection of aspirational biographies for girls, illustrated with engravings. Royal blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and in blind, all edges gilt, 7 inches tall. Some rubbing to the edges. cloth and gilt bright and clear, good hinges, sound text block, name and 1859 date on front free endpaper, pages otherwise clean and unmarked.. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 038467
- Title
- Women of Worth. A Book for Girls
- Author
- Illustrated By W. Dickes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- W. A. Townsend & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1860
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHY FAMOUS WOMEN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
We pack well and ship promptly. Returns: Books may be returned for refund of purchase price within seven days provided prior notification is given and the books are returned in the same condition as when shipped.
About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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